The Gordion Excavations Final Reports, Volume I: Three Great Early Tumuli

by Rodney S. Young

Overview

Rodney S. Young directed excavations for the Museum at the site of Gordion on the central plateau in Anatolia (modern Turkey) in alternate years from 1950 to 1973. Traces of occupation as early as the Early Bronze Age have been identified, but Gordion flourished in the time of the historic King Midas, toward the end of the eighth century B.C. The three huge tumuli-covered wooden burial chambers detailed here contained a wealth of bronze vessels, fine wooden furniture, and pottery.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780934718394
Publisher:	University of Pennsylvania Museum
Publication date:	01/29/1982
Series:	University Museum Monographs Series , #43
Pages:	353
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)